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Magazine vs Tabloid - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between magazine and tabloid

is that magazine is a periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold while tabloid is a newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that favours stories of a sensational nature over more serious news.

As an adjective tabloid is

in the format of a tabloid.

magazine

English

(wikipedia magazine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.
  • An ammunition storehouse.
  • * Milton
    • armouries and magazines
  • A chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.

    • Derived terms

    * magazine dress * magazine gun * magazine stove

    Derived terms

    * zine ----

    tabloid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that favours stories of a sensational nature over more serious news.

    • Synonyms

    * scandal sheet, tab (colloquial), yellow press

    Antonyms

    * broadsheet

    Adjective

    (-)
  • In the format of a .
  • Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}

    See also

    * compact * quality newspaper ----